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The Method to Their Madness by Ari Bussel More and more often we hear of UK- or US-born and bred who turned against their country, often in the name of Islam against the Western Devil. Many of today’s most dangerous terrorists are indeed the products of our own societies. They are not destitute, nor did they witness from early childhood abuse, poverty, rape and incest or cruelty beyond imagination. They did not grow up in repressive societies rather in places that afforded them as much freedom as the imagination can fathom. Some were educated at the best universities the West...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Associated Press is reporting that a source has told them the shooting suspect in Thursday's attacks on the Fort Hood Army Post in Texas is Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan, an Army mental health professional. The attacks on Ft. Hood left 12 people dead and 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman, who is said to be Hasan, and apprehended two other soldiers suspected in the attack. According to the AP, a defense official said Hasan was a mental health professional—either an Army psychologist or psychiatrist. It's not known if he was treating people at the post. The...

Note: The following text is a quote: DOMESTIC TERRORISM In the Post-9/11 Era 09/07/09 Members of our Evidence Response Team set up their crime scene equipment after the June 10 shootings at the Holocaust Museum in D.C. Nothing before or since has come close to the terror attacks of 9/11 in terms of lives lost, scope, and impact. And we know that al Qaeda led and inspired operatives still seek to strike our homeland—including with weapons of mass destruction. Which is why globally-fueled terrorism continues to occupy much of our time and attention these days. And yet, as we were...

Federal prosecutors are naming an eighth suspect they say is tied to a ring of would-be terrorists in North Carolina. An unsealed copy of an indictment released Monday names the suspect as Jude Kenan Mohammad. Documents say Mohammad is a U.S. citizen and North Carolina resident who went to Pakistan in October 2008 "to engage in violent jihad," and authorities believe he is still there

Most of the UK sky terror suspects are Pakistani Muslim men who grew up in Britain. They aren’t like the 9-11 crew, who invaded the US using student visas, overstayed those visa periods, and lived here until that fateful day. The UK suspects are homegrown. One couple involved in the foiled attack even allegedly planned to take their six-month-old baby on their aerial suicide mission.Homegrown jihad isn’t yet a major problem here in the US. But this short film (courtesy Alabama Liberation Front) hints that the homegrown jihad may become a problem in the US. Soon. Jihad is being taught...

Michael Curtis Reynolds says he's a patriot. Federal authorities say he's a terrorist. The FBI believes that the unemployed Wilkes-Barre man tried to conspire with al-Qaeda to wreck the American economy. Agents say Reynolds plotted to blow up the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, a Pennsylvania pipeline, and a New Jersey refinery. The sensational allegations, disclosed in a federal transcript obtained by The Inquirer on Friday, reveal a convoluted plot that includes cyberspace intrigue, an elaborate FBI sting, and a clandestine money-drop on a deserted Idaho road. The case also involves a municipal judge from Montana who has devoted the last four years...

PETA hooks the wrong fish By Eric Heyl Friday, July 29, 2005 I was in a custom auto shop yesterday, and as you might imagine, the topic of whether fish are capable of experiencing pain was broached. I know, I know. Seems like you can't take a car in to be turbo-charged these days without having a discussion on the sensory capabilities of cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates. "I never really thought too much about it before," said Meagan Barker, co-owner of Strict Fab Automotive Solutions on Route 51 in Jefferson Hills. "But no, I don't think a fish can actually feel...

TRENTON, N.J. - Lisa Leitten is finished living her double life. For the past three years, the soft-spoken, 30-year old moved from Missouri to Texas to Virginia, applying for jobs at businesses dealing with animals. She gave her real name, and some real details about herself: a master's degree in animal psychology and prior work at a primate sanctuary in Florida. What she didn't reveal was that she was also working for an animal welfare organization, and that she wore a hidden camera to document instances in which animals were treated with what she calls horrific neglect and cruelty. Leitten...

BRIGHTON, Colo. - An activist arrested during a raucous meeting to discuss embattled University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill must stand trial on a charge of assaulting an officer, a judge ruled. Shareef Aleem, 36, was arrested Feb. 3 during a meeting of the university regents to discuss whether to fire Churchill for comparing some Sept. 11 victims to a notorious Nazi. A judge ruled last week prosecutors have enough evidence to try Aleem on a charge of second-degree assault on a police officer. He faces up to 16 years in prison if convicted. Aleem and university police scuffled when...